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URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 2169
AN INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA PROHIBITING THE PROCESSING OF MUL TIPLE-
FAMILY PROJECTS LOCATED ON R-2 AND R-3 ZONED PROPERTIES
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED FOR
FORMAL PLAN CHECK WITH THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
DEPARTMENT PENDING THE COMPLETION OF AMENDMENTS TO
THE CITY'S R-2 AND R-3 ZONING REGULATIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. This interim urgency ordinance is adopted pursuant to Section 65858 of the
California Government Code for the immediate protection of the public health, safety and welfare of
the residents of the City of Arcadia.
SECTION 2. The City of Arcadia shall not process applications for, or issue any permits or
approvals with respect to any architectural design review, modification, plan check submitted after
October 1,2002, subdivision, or other land use entitlement(s) for multiple-family projects located in
any R-2 or R-3 zone within the City of Arcadia during the time that this interim urgency ordinance is
in effect. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, subdivision applications may be
processed and approved and permits may be issued for construction of multiple-family projects with
respect to any project for which a plan check application was received by the City on or prior to
October 1, 2002.
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby finds, determines and declares that this interim
urgency ordinance is necessary for the current and immediate protection of the public health, safety
and welfare of the residents of the City of Arcadia for the following reasons:
A. The Development Services Department of the City of Arcadia is considering and
proposing major amendments to the R-2 and R-3 zoning code provisions of the City which may
affect setbacks, entry heights, parking, open space and other regulations. Thus, continued
development of potentially inconsistent and incompatible uses under the existing zoning regulations
contrasted with the development which may occur following the consideration and possible adoption
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of new regulations, will have a detrimental effect on residents and property owners within R-2 and R-
3 zones. The existing regulations contain standards which, under current conditions and
circumstances found within R-2 and R-3 zones within the City, are inadequate and outdated, and
which may not provide for sufficient open space, parking, traffic circulation and landscaping, among
other factors, to provide residents within the R-2 and R-3 zones a suitable and reasonable safe
environment within which to reside.
B. Moreover, continued development under existing development standards will have
a detrimental effect upon the City's ability to implement comprehensive community design plans and
public improvement programs since it is possible that revised development standards will be
generated that are different from and incompatible with existing development standards. The sizing
and layout of public improvements will depend, in large part, upon the density standards and design
of development in R-2 and R-3 zones. It is important for the City to have in place revised R-2 and R-
3 development standards and regulations in order to proceed with the City's determination of public
infrastructure needs, and to relate such needs to development standards which are modern,
reasonable, supported by current conditions within the R-2 and R-3 zones and well thought-out.
C. Pursuant to the recital offacts contained in subsections A and B, above, approval
of additional land use entitlements would result in a current and immediate threat to the public
health, safety and welfare.
SECTION 4. Ten (10) days prior to the expiration of this interim urgency ordinance, and any
extension thereof, the City Council shall issue a written report describing the measures which the
City has taken to alleviate the conditions which led to the adoption of this interim urgency ordinance.
SECTION 5. This interim urgency ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption
by a four-fifths vote of the City Council. This interim urgency ordinance shall continue in effect for
forty-five (45) days from the date of its adoption and shall thereafter be of no further force and effect
unless, after notice pursuant to California Government Code Section 65090 and a public hearing,
the City Council extends this interim urgency ordinance pursuant to California Government Code
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Section 65858. Prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the passage of this interim urgency
ordinance, the ordinance, or a summary of the ordinance, along with the names of the City Council
members voting for and against the ordinance, shall be published in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Arcadia.
Passed, approved and adopted this l.et day of October
,2002.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Stephen P. Deitsch
City Attomey of the City of Arcadia
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ST A TE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, JUNE D. ALFORD, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies that the
foregoing Urgency Ordinance No. 2169 was passed and adopted by the City Council
of the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a
regular meeting of said Council held on the 1st day of October, 2002 and that said
Urgency Ordinance was adopted by the following vote, to wit:
A YES: Councilmembers Chang, Kovacic, Segal, Wuo and Marshall
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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